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N0 12 /,235 Patented May 28,1872.

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REUBEN w. HEYWOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENTIN FORMING BINDERS, FILLERS. AND WRAPPERS FOR CIGARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,235, dated May 28,1872 antedated May 11, 1872.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN W. HEYWOOD, of the city of Baltimore, countyof Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Machines for Forming Fillers, Binders, andWrappers of Cigars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same.

This invention consists in the arrangement of two or more rollers,carrying on their periphery horizontally and diagonally arranged knivesfor cutting the stock for fillers and the binders and wrappers ofcigars, as will hereinafter more fully be set forth. It also consists inthe arrangement of certain devices to be used in combination with therollers, so as to feed the tobacco in a continuous stream or sheet tothe cutters, as will be hereafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved machine for forming fillers, binders, and wrappers for cigars,showing the roller for cutting or preparing the fillers alone. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section of my machine with the feeding-apron removed.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of my machine with the feeding-apron inposition for operation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the roller forcutting or preparing the stock for the filler; andFig. 5 is aperspective view of the rollers for cutting both the binders andwrappers.

Arepresents the frame of my machine, which may be of any desiredmaterial and construction. Secured upon each side is a standard, B,forming a journal for each of the rollers, and having an elongated slot,a, cut in their upper ends, so that the pressure of the knives upon thelower roller can be regulated by the setscrews b. C is a common smoothroller, covered with rawhide or any other suitable material, and has adriving-wheel, D, secured to one end of its shaft, so as to gear withthe wheel E attached to the cuttin g-roller F, just above. Thecutting-roller F, when used for cutting and preparing the stock for thefillers alone, has four or more blades, 0, arranged diagonally aroundits periphery, and three, more or less, horizontal blades, 0, so thatthree, more or less, sets of stock for fillers are cut at everyrevolution of the roller. The diagonal blades approach toward andradiate from each other, as shown in the drawing, and have thehorizontal knives placed between their nearest edges, so as to cut thestock for the filler 011 at exactly the right length.

When it is desired to out both the wrappers and binders at the sametime, second rollers G G can be used, (instead of the one, F,) which, inaddition to the knives already described, have three, more or less,cutters, d, extending straight around its periphery, and two or morecutters, 1', arranged spirally between them; the spiral ones cutting thewrappers the required width and length, and the parallel ones a 6cutting them of the proper length. Arranged on each side of the rollersO and F are two rollers, H I, over which an endless apron, L, passes inthe usual manner, so as to feed the leaves, out of which the stock forthe fillers and the wrappers and binders are to be cut, in a continuous.stream to the rollers. Hung on journals at one end of the frame is aroller, N, around which is rolled a long sheet of rubber, paper, canvas,or cloth, 0, or its equivalent.

The leaves of tobacco are first laid evenly V and smoothly upon thissheet or roll, and are then rolled up with the sheet around the rollerN. One end of the sheet is then passed under the smooth roller, betweenit and the endless apron; and when power is applied to the end of theshaft of the roller 0 the sheet is set in motion, passes down under theroller G and up over the endless apron L, passing the leaves of tobaccoin a continuous stream directly between the two rollers, and thenreceives them again as they pass out on the opposite side in their cutand prepared condition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is-- 1: The two rollers G G, for cutting the hind ersand wrappers of cigars, having a common axis, when the same areconstructed substan tially as set forth.

2. The rollerN and sheet or roll 0, arranged In evidence that I claimthe above I have for feeding the leaves to the rollers, substanhereuntoset my hand. this 25th day of Septemtia-lly as described. ber A. D.1871.

3. The rollers O, F, H, I, and N, endless REUBEN W. HEYWOOD. apron L,conveying sheet 0, and gears D and Witnesses: E, when all are combinedto operate, substan- J AMES L. NORRIS, tielly as specified. FRANKLIN W.MERRYMAN.

